Source: vox.com

Chapter Five: Adam Warlock and Nebula Defeat Thanos

And now for the Infinity Gauntlet.

Thanos wiped out half the universe, and the Avengers and Fantastic Four and everyone else showed up to stop him. Blah blah blah…You know the drill. But after Thanos pretty much won, he lost – this time for psychological reasons.

Turns out that A: Death was no longer really into him, and that robbed him of all motivation for his actions. And B: Having the Infinity Gauntlet gave him all the knowledge in the universe, which accidentally gave him enough intelligence to realize how ill-equipped he was to deal with all that power.

In Thanos’ moment of weakness, Nebula got the glove off and Adam Warlock acquired the gauntlet for himself. This may be the only thing Adam is known for in most circles. And it's also why it took me until the 2008 Guardians of the Galaxy series to really like the character. I once described him as "a mannequin that someone occasionally puts the Infinity Gauntlet on". Now I see that this wan’t really fair. The combined efforts of both Adam Warlock and Nebula took down Thanos.

Lesson Thanos Should Have Learned: Stop trying to kill half the universe, dude. It never turns out well.